October 29, 2026 Jill Winters

Five PBA ELITE Regional Tour champions are ready to roll at the final event in the Central Region this weekend. Standard division winners Ryan Burton, Michael Davidson and Phil Drumm will be challenged by Graham Fach, Alex Horton, Matt Sanders, Zach Weidman and more inside David Small’s Pro Bowl West in Fort Wayne, IN, starting on Saturday.

Last weekend, James Bennett finished second in North Carolina, while Hayden Hale and Trae Henrichsmeyer finished in the top 10 in Illinois. They hope this will be their weekend to get a win, while Brian Robinson — who has competed almost every weekend since the ELITE Regional Tour began — also aims to break through with a victory.

In the senior division, Tom Daugherty and Mika Koivuniemi look to join Tom Hess as two-time PBA ELITE winners, yet Bo Goergen, Michael Haggitt, 2026 PBA50 Rookie of the Year Mike Machuga, Jeff Ripic and Larry Verble seek to claim titles of their own. PBA Hall of Famer Wes Malott turned 50 on Monday, as he makes his senior debut. His son, Jordan, will be in the standard division. The Malotts could become the latest father-son pair to compete in match play. The oil pattern is 37 feet long.

Seven games of qualifying begin at 9 a.m. ET on Saturday to determine the top third of the field. Those players will return at 8 a.m. Sunday for four games in the advancers round. The top 8 in the standard and senior division bowl eight games of round-robin match play, scheduled to start at 11 a.m. ET.

Overall, the bowler with the highest pinfall total will win their division. There is no stepladder final. The top 5 non-PBA Tour priority finishers in the standard division and top two in the senior division earn an automatic berth into the PBA Regional Players Invitational held in December. At that prestigious tournament, three priority status positions on the 2027 PBA Tour will be rewarded.

Here are more details for the Central Regional 3. You can watch it exclusively on Bowling TV, a free, ad-supported channel. To follow the continuous coverage of the PBA ELITE Regional Tour, click here.